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  • 51Price index — A price index (plural: “price indices” or “price indexes”) is a normalized average (typically a weighted average) of prices for a given class of goods or services in a given region, during a given interval of time. It is a statistic designed to… …

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  • 52Italy — • In ancient times Italy had several other names: it was called Saturnia, in honour of Saturn; Enotria, wine producing land; Ausonia, land of the Ausonians; Hesperia, land to the west (of Greece); Tyrrhenia, etc. The name Italy, which seems to… …

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  • 53Nikephoros II Phokas — Nicephorus Phocas redirects here. For the emperor s grandfather, see Nikephoros Phokas the Elder. For the Cretan municipality, see Nikiforos Fokas. Nikephoros II Phokas Emperor of the Byzantine Empire …

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  • 54Janus — For other uses, see Janus (disambiguation). Bifrons redirects here. For other uses, see Bifrons (disambiguation). A statue representing Janus Bifrons in the Vatican Museums In ancient Roman religion and mythology, Janus is the god of beginnings… …

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  • 55Inflation — This article is about a rise in the general price level. For the expansion of the early universe, see Inflation (cosmology). For other uses, see Inflation (disambiguation). Inflation rates around the world in 2007 …

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  • 56Michel Chamillart — or Chamillard (2 January 1652 – 14 April 1721) was a French statesman, a minister of King Louis XIV of France. He was born in Paris of a family recently raised to the nobility. Following the usual career of a statesman of his time he became in… …

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  • 57Mark (money) — 1923 50 Million Mark this amount was worth about US$12 million (US 1923) 9 years earlier, but only $1US when printed; it was worthless a few weeks later. Mark (from a merging of three Teutonic/Germanic languages words, Latinized in 9th century… …

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  • 58Sudanese pound — Infobox Currency currency name in local = جنيه سوداني ar icon iso code = SDG using countries = flag|Sudan inflation rate = 9% inflation source date = [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the world factbook/fields/2092.html The World… …

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  • 59Turkish kuruş — The kuruş (غروش) was the currency of the Turkey and parts of the Ottoman Empire until 1844. It was subdivided into 40 para (پاره), each of 3 akçe . In European languages, the kuruş was often referred to as the piastre .HistoryThe kuruş was… …

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  • 60French livre — The livre was the currency of France until 1795. Several different livres existed, some concurrently. The livre was the name of both units of account and coins.HistoryOriginThe livre was established by Charlemagne as a unit of account equal to… …

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